Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve

Phoenix garden is located in the suburb of Tai Po, only 2km away from the center of Tai Po. It is a famous butterfly spot in Hong Kong and Asia

As early as 1980, about 42 hectares of land in Fengyuan has been listed as "sites of special scientific value", of which about 8% (i.e. 5 hectares) are private land with great conservation value

According to the new nature conservation policy, Fengyuan ranked fourth in the overall ecological rating in 2004. According to statistics, there are more than 200 butterfly species in Fengyuan, accounting for 80% of the total 240 butterfly species in Hong Kong. About 50 of them are uncommon in Hong Kong. Among the more than 200 butterfly species, the most distinctive species are the Saussurea and Yanfeng

Aristolochia and Sinomenium wilfordii are the host plants for the larvae of Papilio and Papilio. Both of them can be found in Fengyuan and are protected by the forest and suburban regulations.

There are three reasons why Fengyuan has high ecological value: 
 river valley topography (geographical factors) 
 Fengyuan Valley is backed by Jiulongkeng mountain and Shaluo cave, and all the streams flowing down the mountain will flow in Fengyuan, providing sufficient water for the wild plants, animals and crops here. Moisten and breed all kinds of life. Fengshui forest is one of the characteristics of traditional village buildings. When the village is built, the villagers will keep a large area of forest land behind the village, namely "Fengshui forest", which is believed to make the village prosperous. Therefore, the villagers will specially protect the Fengshui forest, and the rest of the people are not allowed to enter at will. The human disturbance of Fengshui forest is also reduced to the minimum, and the plant growth is dense and the diversity is also high. Orchards and farming activities (human factors) 
 in former Fengyuan village, the villagers lived on farming and had rich farming activities. Besides feeding the villagers with cash crops, some plants (such as litchi, flowering Chinese cabbage, gingerbread and banana) were also the food for butterfly larvae and adults. The life of villagers is closely related to the diversity of butterflies.

Address: Fengyuan Road, Taihe, Hong Kong

Longitude: 114.179577

Latitude: 22.466982